Illinois Forgery Law

United States of America v. Sultan Issa

<center><h2> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with embezzling tens of millions of dollars charge. He now appeals his sentence, claiming that the district court violated his due process rights by erroneously admitting and relying upon sentencing submissions from victims of his crimes. </h2></center> Sultan Issa engaged in a ... More...

$0 (01-09-2022 - IL)

United States of America v. Jesse Ballard

<center><h2><center> Chicago, IL- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a being a felon in possession of a firearm charge. </h2></center> Ballard pleaded guilty in this case to being a felon in possession of a firearm. This is, of course, a very serious and potentially dangerous crime. At the first sentencing hearing, on October 22,... More...

$0 (11-14-2021 - IL)

United States of America v. Jesse Ballard

<center><h2><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a felon in possession of a firearm charge. </h2></center> Ballard pleaded guilty in this case to being a felon in possession of a firearm. This is, of course, a very serious and potentially dangerous crime. At the first sentencing hearing, on October 22, 2018, the <... More...

$0 (09-29-2021 - IL)

United States of America v. Ramsey Denwon Hampton

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/04_0.jpg?itok=OD04nKUJ"> </center> Rock Island, IL - "Serial Fraudster" Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Bank Fraud Ramsey Denwon Hampton, 49, of Chicago, has been ordered to serve 10 years in federal prison for defrauding IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union. ... More...

$0 (09-17-2019 - IL)

United States of America v. Vance White

Vance White participated in a wire fraud scheme and pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and one count of aggravated identity theft, 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1). The district court calculated White’s Sentencing Guidelines range based on the amount of loss caused by the entire scheme over four years. During most of that time, though, White was in pris... More...

$0 (03-02-2018 - IL)

Sylla Bangaly v. Alfred B. Baggiani

¶ 1 The instant appeal concerns a criminal contempt finding arising out of wrongful death litigation in which the contemnor, Bangaly Sylla,1 was involved as the administrator of the 1We note that, due to inconsistencies in the record on appeal, Sylla was referred to as “Sylla Bangaly” in our earlier opinion concerning that litigation but is actually named “Bangaly Sylla.” ... More...

$0 (08-02-2017 - IL)

People Of Illinois v. Espinoza

On June 12, 2013, the State filed an information charging defendant Sandro Espinoza with domestic battery (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2(a)(2) (West 2012)). The information stated that, “said defendant, knowingly, without legal justification made physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with a minor, a family or household member, in that said defendant struck the minor about the face, in violati... More...

$0 (01-09-2016 - IL)

People Of Illinois v. Espinoza

On June 12, 2013, the State filed an information charging defendant Sandro Espinoza with domestic battery (720 ILCS 5/12-3.2(a)(2) (West 2012)). The information stated that, “said defendant, knowingly, without legal justification made physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with a minor, a family or household member, in that said defendant struck the minor about the face, in violati... More...

$0 (12-05-2015 - IL)

United States of America v. Xiao Yong Zheng

Xiao Yong Zheng was involved in a Chicago-based document-fraud operation that made fake Chinese passports and other identification documents for customers seeking false documents to use to obtain Illinois driver's licenses and identification cards. Zheng pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to misuse Social 2 No. 12-2739 Security numbers and commit... More...

$0 (08-12-2014 - IL)

United States of America v. Derek M. McCaste

East St. Louis, IL - Derek M. McCaster, a forty-six year old East St. Louis, Illinois, man pled guilty in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, to failure to register as a sex offender, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. McCaster is scheduled for sentencing on August 8, 2014. He faces a term of imprisonment of up ... More...

$0 (04-25-2014 - IL)

Helen Hatchett v. W2X, Inc.

¶ 1 This appeal arises from the November 1, 2010 order entered by the circuit court of Cook County, which granted a directed finding against the plaintiff, Helen Hatchett (Helen), and in favor of the defendants, Avalon Betts-Gaston (Attorney Gaston)1 and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company (BONY), and which entered a default judgment against Warren Jackson (Jackson)2 and in favor of Helen i... More...

$0 (08-28-2013 - IL)

David N. Missner v. Robert A. Clifford

In this defamation action, plaintiff David N. Missner appeals from an order in which the circuit court converted defendant Robert A. Clifford's motion to dismiss under section 2- 619(a)(9) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2-619(a)(9) (West 2006)) into a motion for summary judgment under section 2-1005 of the Code (735 ILCS 5/2-1005 (West 2006)), and subsequently granted summary ju... More...

$0 (08-12-2009 - IL)

For Your Ease Only, Inc. v. Calgon Carbon Corporation, Products Concepts Company, and Mark Schneider

This case immerses us in the world of off-shore finance, shadowy relations among companies, and allegedly fraudulent transfers, all for the sake of anti-tarnish jewelry boxes sold on the Home Shopping Network. For Your Ease Only, Inc. ("FYEOâ€) sells these jewelry boxes, and it pursued litigation against some of its competitors for patent misuse and tortious interference with business relatio... More...

$0 (03-31-2009 - IL)

Richard P. Vancura v. Peter Katris, Gustavo Albear, Glenn S. Brown, Randall Boatwright, Old Kent Bank, as Trustee Under Trust Agreement 6927, and Kinko's, Inc.

After a bench trial, the circuit court found defendant Kinko's, Inc. (Kinko's) liable for damages resulting from its employee's notarization of a forged signature on a mortgage assignment. Kinko's1 seeks reversal, contending the court misconstrued section 7-102 of the Illinois Notary Public Act (5 ILCS 312/7-102 (West 1986)) (Act) regarding employer liability and further erred by imposing liabilit... More...

$0 (12-26-2008 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2004/1stDistrict/April/Html/1031539.htm" target="_new">Adocate Health and Hospital coporation d/b/a Adocate Trinity Hospital</a>

The issues on appeal are whether the imposter defense contained in section 3-404(a) of the Illinois version of the Uniform Commercial Code, Negotiable Instruments (810 ILCS 5/3-404(a) (West 2000)) ("UCC") may be properly asserted in a section 2-615 motion to dismiss a complaint for failure to state a claim (735 ILCS 5/2-615 (West 2000)) and whether the defense is factually applicable to the pre... More...

$0 (04-26-2004 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/SupremeCourt/2004/January/Opinions/Html/95051.htm" target="_new">KHALID J. BAJWA, Adm'r of the Estate of Muhammad Cheema, a/k/a Manwar Ahmad Bajwa, Deceased v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY</a>

Plaintiff, Khalid J. Bajwa, as administrator of the estate of Muhammad Cheema, filed an action under the Wrongful Death Act (740 ILCS 180/1 et seq. (West 1998)), alleging that the negligent issuance of a life insurance policy by defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Met Life), proximately caused the murder of Muhammad Cheema (decedent or A. Cheema) by the beneficiary of the policy. Met L... More...

$0 (01-26-2004 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/SupremeCourt/2003/November/Opinions/Html/94721.htm" target="_new">The People of the State of Illinois v. Eleanor Flowers</a>

Criminal Law - Felony: The issue in this case is whether a criminal defendant who has pleaded guilty may challenge the validity of her sentence on appeal where she did not file the postjudgment motion required by Supreme Court Rule 604 (145 Ill. 2d R. 604) until after the circuit court's subject matter jurisdiction had expired. For the reasons that follow, we hold that she may not. The de... More...

$0 (11-20-2003 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/opinions/appellatecourt/2002/5thDistrict/January/Html/5000488.htm" target="_new=">Adams v. Greg Weeks, Inc.</a>

Defendant General Motors Acceptance Corp. (GMAC) appeals from an order of the circuit court of Williamson County entering a judgment in favor of Wilma Adams (plaintiff). On appeal, GMAC raises issues as to (1) whether plaintiff ratified a retail installment contract held by GMAC and (2) whether the trial court erred in denying GMAC's request for a replevin. FACTS The facts of this ... More...

$0 (01-25-2002 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2003/2ndDistrict/January/Html/2020011.htm" target="_new">Bankone Milwaukee v. Eduardo Sanchez, et al.</a>

Plaintiff, Aida Sanchez, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of Kane County denying her claims against defendants Ernesto Ponce and Don McCue Chevrolet-Geo, Inc. Aida alleged that McCue and Ponce violated the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Act) (815 ILCS 505/1 et seq. (West 1998)) in two ways. First, she asserted that defendants forged her signature as a cosigner o... More...

$0 (01-22-2003 - IL)

<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=02-1486.PDF" target="_new">Cloud Corporation v. Hasbro, Inc.</a>

"Wonder World Aquarium" is a toy that Hasbro, Inc., the well-known designer and marketer of toys, sold for a brief period in the mid-1990s. The toy comes as a package that contains (we simplify slightly) the aquarium itself, some plastic fish, and, depending on the size of the aquarium (for this varies), large or small packets of a powder that when dissolved in distilled water forms a trans... More...

$0 (12-30-2002 - IL)

<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=01-1809" target="_new">Birgetta A. Davis Boyd v. Norman P. Wexler d/b/a Wexler & Wexler</a>

This appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the defendant, a lawyer named Norman Wexler, presents questions regarding both the meaning of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. sec.sec. 1692 et seq., and the minimum showing required to defeat a motion for summary judgment. The Act forbids a debt collector, which Wexler is conceded to be, to "use any false, decepti... More...

$0 (12-28-2001 - IL)

<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?yr=99&num=3112&Submit1=Request+Opinion" target="_new">Yoshio Oto v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company</a>

Suzanne Oto's father and husband both claim the proceeds from her life insurance policy. The District Court ruled that the change of beneficiary form purporting to change the beneficiary from the father to the husband was a forgery and granted summary judgment for Noboru Oto, the father. Ashby Beverley, the husband, appeals. We affirm the District Court. I. BACKGROUND On... More...

$0 (08-11-2000 - IL)

Sam Fantino v. Lenders Title and Guaranty Company

On January 11, 1990, plaintiffs, Sam and Lorrie Fantino (the Fantinos), entered into a contract with Miles Ross and Associates, Inc. (MRA), for the construction of a house. Financing was provided through First Financial Bank F.S.B. (First Financial). On February 3, 1990, the Fantinos and MRA executed a document entitled "Instructions to General Contractor and Borrower for Construction Escrow... More...

$129780 (02-26-1999 - IL)